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J. STEPHENSON. GABLE GRIP CARRIER SLEEVE.

No. 427,484. Patented May 6, 1890.

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J. STEPHENSON. .GABLE GRIP CARRIER SLEEVE.

No. 427,484.. Patented May 6, 1890 .Way of the street.

PATENT" JOHN STEPHENSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CABLE-GRlP-CARRIER SLEEVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,484, dated May 6, 1 90.

Application filed July 20, 1889. Serial No. 318,112. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN STEPHENSON, a c tizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oable-Grip-Oarrier gleeves, of which the following is a specifica- Early constructions of cable-propulsion for street-cars had the cable with its slot-rail for the grip-machine located about centrally between the tram-rails; but in recent constructions it has been found desirable for the tramrails to deviate sidewise to such an extent that the ordinary method of carrying the grip cannot be adhered to because the transverse bars to which the grip-frames were secured could not slide sidewise sufficiently without protruding beyond the car-sides into the road- To meet this difficulty I have devised asleeve adapted to hold a corner of the grip-frame, and two such sleeves sliding on the two transverse bars of the grip-carrier are suited to carry the grip-machine toward either side of the car as needed.

The subject of this invention is the sleeve with its attachments.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation in cross-section through one of the transverse bars of the grip-carrier, showing my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan showing. the arrangement of parts in connection with the two transverse bars, and Fig. 4 is a plan showing the sleeve on the transverse bar carrying a cove.

The sleeve A is of metal, adapted in form and size to the transverse bar B of the gripcarrier, which is detachably secured to some part of the car structure and on which the sleeve is to perform its part. The interiorof the sleeve is made to fit and slide easily on the transverse bar. On the upper side of the sleeve rises a cove or post (3, adapted to receive a corner of the grip-machine. The post may be of metal integral with the sleeve, though it is best a separate piece of forged metal turned to proper diameter and form with an enlargement or base at its lower end, the postwithits base being passed up through the slot or opening or (shown in dotted lines) in the bottom of the sleeve and through the upper wall of the sleeve until the base is embedded in the thickness of the upper wallof the sleeve and the lower end of the post flush with the inner surface of the sleeve, so that when the sleeve is mounted it slides on its transverse bar and the post is held in its proper position, standing mostly above the sleeve and adapted to receive the corner of the grip-machine and with it to be moved from side to side as the cable may control it.

As the grip-jaws whenin use are below the surface of the street and the grip-head some distance above, the tendency, when the grip seizes the cable, is to jerk the forward upper corner of the grip-machine upward and off from the post. I provide against this by making a groove a in the post above the grip-inachine, the groove being adapted to receive the sides of a lock-plate h astride the post and prevent the grip machine from rising, a hinged flap d or other suitable device holding the neck of the post on the narrow end of an elongated slot 6 and holding the lock-plate in place.

I do not herein claim the grip-lock, as that forms the subject-matter of my application Serial No. 317,886.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, I claim 1. A metal sleeve adapted to hold the corner of a eable-grip machine and move with it on a bar forming a part of the car structure, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A metal sleeve adapted to slide'on a bar forming part of a car structure, the sleeve having on its upper surface a cove or standing post suitable for holding the corner of acablegrip machine, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A metal sleeve adapted to slide on a bar forming part of a car structure, the sleeve having a metal standing post pushed up through the upper wall until the base of the post is flush with the interior of the sleeve, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4:. A metal sleeve having a metal standing post with a groove near its head adapted to a lock for holding a grip-machine on the post, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. A metal sleeve having a metal standing post with a groove in which is a grip-look seing head-block pivotally connected thereto, *0 cured bya retaining device tothe sleeve, subsubstantially as described. stantially as and for the purpose described. In testimony whereof I have signed my 6. The stationary transverse bar secured to name to this specification in the presence of the car structure with a sleeve mounted two subscribing Witnesses.

loosely to slide 011 said bar and consisting of a JOHN STEPHENSON. block having an opening extending centrally Witnesses:

through it adapted to receive said bar and JOSEPH B. STEPHENSON,

also having an end portion of the grip-carry- S. A. STEPHENSON. 

